Refrigerating apparatus.



M. LEBLANC.

REPRIGBRATING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1910.

Patented July 9, 1912.

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MAURICE LEBLANC, 0F PARIS, FRANCE, l. AS'SIfJrl'OB, TO SOCIT ANONYME POUR LEXPLOITATION DES 'PROCEDES WESTINGHOUSE LEBLANC, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

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Patented July 9, 19t?.

Original application filed September 15., 1909, Serial No. 517,844. Divided and I*this application filed Serial No. 583,994.

September 27, 1910.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, MAURICE LEBLANC, a citizen of the'Republic kof F rance, residing at Villa Montmorency, Auteuil, Paris, France, have made a new and useful Invenytion in Refrigerating Apparatus, of which the following is a'specication, this application being a division of anapplication led by me on September 15, 1909, serially numbered 517,844.4

This invention relates to refrigerating apparatus and particularly to that type of apwhich may be employed in connection with the refrigerating apparatus.

A further object is to produce a refrigerating apparatus vin -which novel and improved, means are employed for withdrawing the non-condensable gases from the vecu- `ample,as the centrifugal pump 6. The fluid `-operated ejector 4 communicates` with the um chamber of the apparatus.

These and other objects I attain by means of an apparatus embodying lthe features herein described, and illustrated -in the drawings accompanying this application and forming a part thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a refrigerating apparatus to which an embodiment of my invention is applied. Fig. Qdiscloses in section air 0r non condensable gasseparators applied .to the refrigerating apparatus illustrated in Fig. l.

lt is a well known fact that Water exposed to air absorbs some air and that the air so absorbed is readily given'up or released when'- the water. is exposed to a vacuum; consequently air 1s contlnually conveyed mto a jet or injection condenser by the condensing4 um, the same diiiiculty is encountered; thatv The refrigerating apparatus illustratedconsists of a cooling chamber or receptacle -3, a fluid actuated ejector 4,21. condenser 5 and liquid :pumps 6 and 7. The liquid tobe cooled or frozen is introduced into thereceptacle 3 through a flanged port 8 which may communicate with a source ot'v liquid supply through suitable piping (not shown).` The liquid delivered to the'ap.- paratus by the port 8 is received by a chamberlocated at the top of the receptacle 3' and from which it is discharged ina'nelydivided sta-te -through the chamber 3.

Either salt or fresh water may be cooledv by the refrigerating apparatus by being partially evaporated in the chamber 3. Water so cooled collects in the bottom of the chamber y3 'and iswithdrawn -by any suitable means, such lfor eX- receptacle 3 through .a port Aor, passage 9, l0- 'cated near the top of the receptacle, and is adapted to withdraw the air or other noncondensable gases and the vapor or steam from the receptacle 3 and discharge it into the condenser 5. The ejector consist-s of a suitable fluid delivery nozzle 1'0, which communicates through suitable piping (not shown) with a source of fluid under pressure and which discharges Huid into and through a convergent-divergent spout 11, the upper end of whichcom-municates with the port or passage 9 and the lower end of which communicatesvwith the condenser 5. Condens- `ing water is introduced into the condenser through a port (shown in Fig. 2) and.l is discharged' over an annular flange 12 through the condensing chamber. rihe tla nge l2 surrounds the spout 11 and the water is discharged throu h they condensing chamber in a ii-nely diviV ed statey and is col.-

lected at the bottom ofthe chamber and disdenser and also from the water to be cooled prior to its entrance into the receptacle 3. For this purpose I employ two separate air separators 14 and 15; the rst for withdrawing air from the condensing water prior to its admission into the condensing 'chamberf and the second for withdrawing air or other non-condensable gases from the liquid to be cooled prior to its introduction into the chamber 3.

The separator 14 illustrated consists of a cylindrical casing 16 to which the condensing water isdelivered through a nozzle 17 located in the top of the casing and in whlich the 'condensing water is exposed to a vacuum. A tube 18is located concentrically within the casing 16 and the annular space between the tube and the casing is closed at the upper end by means of a ange 19 formed on the tube. A delivery port 20 for the condensing water is provided in the -casing 16`below the flange 19, and the tube 18 extends almostv to the bottom of the casing. The flow of water delivered by the nozzle 17 descends in a divided state through the tube v18', collects in the bottom of the casing and rises in the annular space around the tube 19, due to the dili'erence in pressure between the condensing chamber 5 and the interior of the casing 16. The water is delivered to the condenser 5 through the port 20. A vacuum is established and maintained within the casing 16 by any suitable means, such for example, as a fluld operated ejector 21, which communicates with the casing through a flanged port 22. I ind by experience, that by maintaining a pressure of Jg of an atmosphere within the casing 16, the water flowing through the casing will become separated from about of the air or other noncondensable gases which may be dissolved in it, provided .that the water is retained Within the casing for a suiicient length of time. I contemplate maintaining a vacuum of about 'of an atmosphere in the apparatus illustrated, and consequently some air or non-condensablegas is delivered to the condensing chamber with the condensing' Water and also with the Water to be cooled. I contemplate withdrawing the air from the condensing chamber by means of the How of water entering and passing thro-ugh the separators 14 and 15, and to this end I provide a divergent spout 23 in the upper end of the casing 16 which receives the flow of water delivered by the nozzle 17, and which formsl a separate chamber 24 in the upper end of the casing 16. The chamber 24 communicates through a port and suitable piping 25 with an air delivery port 26 provided in the condenser 5. The flow of water discharged by the nozzle 17 and passing through the y spout 23 is capablel of withdrawing the air from the condensingv chamber, compressing it and delivering it into t e vintermediate chamber of the separator 14 rom which it is withdrawn by the fluid operated ejector 21.

The separator 15, provided for the liquid to be cooled, is similar in many respects te the separator 14, just described. l/Vater is introduced into a cylindrical easing 16 through a nozzle 17 and is discharged downwardly through the casing and through a concentric tube 18', which extends nearly to the bottom of the casing. A port 20 isprovided in the casing 16', below the upper flange of the tube 18', and communi` cates with the port 8 of the cooling chamber or receptacle 3. A divergent spout 23 receives the Water discharged Jfrom the nozzle '17 and the space above the spout communicates with the port 26 of the condenser 5 and also with the chamber 24 of the separator 14 through the piping 25. The water in passing into and through the spout 23 is eiiectivein withdrawing the air from the condenser and of compressing it and delivering it into the intermediate chamber of the separator 15 from which it is delivered through suitable piping 27 into. the intermediate chamber of the separator 14- and then discharged f' into the atmosphere by means of the ejector 21. With this arrangement, the major portion of the air and other non-condensable gases, dissolved 'in the liquid to be cooled and in the condensing water, are withdrawn prior to delivering the liquid and the water into the refrigerating 'fresh water is employed both in the condensing chamber and in the receptacle 3. It will also be apparent that where steam is employed for operating the ejector 21 it may be utilized in heating the feed water of the boiler.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular construction and arrangement of parts herein deacelera scribed and illustrated, and that various modifications may be made in the construc-` tion without departing from thev spirit. and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: v

1.' ln combination in a refrigerating sys'- `tem, a cooling chamber to which liquid to be cooled is delivered, a iuid operated ejector co-mmunicating with said chamber,.a condensercommunicating with said ejector, a separator for withdrawing a part of the air or non-condensable gases from theliquid to be cooled, and means within said sepa| rator for withdrawingair or non-condensable gases from said condenser.

2. ln combination with a refrigerating system, a cooling chamber to which liquid to ybe cooled is admitted, means for creating a vacuum within said cooling chamber, a separator for withdrawing a partI of the air or other non-condensable gases from the liquid prior to its delivery to said chamber, and an ejector operated by the flow of liquid entering said separator for withdrawing air and other non-condensable gases from said vacuum creating means.

3. ln combination ina refrigerating system, a cooling chamber to which liquid to be cooled is delivered, means for withdrawing vapor and non-condensable gases from said chamber,;a condenser communieating with said uneans, a separator for withdrawing air and non-condensable gases from the liquid prior to its delivery to said chamber, and means operated by the flow of liquid entering said separator for withdrawing air and non-condensable gases from said condenser.

4;. ln combination with a refrigerating system, a coolingchamber to which liquid to be cooled is delivered, means for withdrawing vapor and non-condensable gases from said chamber, and a condenser to which co-ndensing liquid is delivered communicating with said means, separators through which the liquid to be cooled and thecondensing liquidv pass prior to bein delivered to the refrigerating system, an means o-perated by the flow of liquid entering said separators for withdrawing air and other non-condensable gasesy from said refrigerating system.

In combination with a refrigerating system, a cooling -chamber to which li uid to be cooled is delivered, means :for withdrawing vapor and non-condensable gases from said chamber tand a condenser to which condensing liquid is delivered communicating with said means, separators thro-ugh which the liquid to be cooled and the condensing liquid passv prior to being delivered to the reirigerating system, means operated by the flow of liquid entering the separators for withdrawing air and other the air from said separator to theatmos- Y phere.

7. ln combination in a refrigerating system, a cooling chamber, to which liquid to be cooled is delivered,means for withdrawing vapor and non-condensable gasesfrom the liquid prior to its admission into said chamber, a condenser communicating withl said. means, La separator for withdrawing air l and non-condensalole gases from the liquid, prior to its admission into said chamber, means operated by the dow of water entering said separator for withdrawing air from said condenser, compressing it and delivering it to an intermediate chambenof said separator and means or withdrawing air from said separator.

8. In a refrigerating system the combination with a conde ser of a vacuum vchamber connected thereto, an inlet to said vacuum chamber for the liquid to be cooled, an outlet from said chamber for the water vapor and gases and means for removing the air and uncondensed cases from said vacuum chamber and forcing the same into the vacuum chamber of the condenser, a chamber connected with the source of liquid to be cooled, an outlet in said chamb for said liquid leading to the inlet of the vacuum chamber and means for separating the air from the liquid, prior to its entrance into the vacuum chamber.

9. In a refrigerating system the combination with a condenser of a vacuum chamber connected thereto, an inlet into said chamber for the liquid to be treatedyan outletY from said chamber, an ejector lfor withdrawing the air and water vapor from. said chamber and forcing the same into the vacuum chamber of the condenser, a chamber connected with the sourceiot condensing liquid, an outlet in said chamber for the liquid leading to the condensing water inlet of the condenser, an air extractor connected to said chamber and means'for eecting the passage of the liquid from said chamber into the vacuum chamber of the condenser.

:10. llna refrigerating system, the combination with a condenser, of a vacuum chamberY connected thereto, an inlet into said of .the condenser, and an air extractor e011-,

nected to said chamber for extracting. the

air and discharging thev same into the atmosphere.

11`. In a refrigeratingjsystem, the combination with a source of supply of cooling liquid, a condenser, ofl a cooling chamber connected thereto, anejector for withdrawing the air andwater Vapor from the coollng chamber and forcing the same into the vvacuum chamber of the condenser, an air separating chamber located between the source of liquid to be cooled and the inlet for the liquid into the cooling chamber, an air separating chamber located between the source of supply and the inlet for said li uid into the condenser and means for extrae ing the airseparated from the liquid during its bers. v

passage through the air separatingcham- .12. In arefrigeratingsystem,.the.combi-'l nation' with' a source vof supply of cooling liquld, a condenser, of a cooling chamber connected thereto, an ejectorfor withdrawing the air and water Vapor from the cooling chamber and forcing thefsame'into the vacuum chamber of the condenser, an ail separating chamber located between the source of :liquid to be cooled and the inlet for the liquidinto the cooling chamber, an air separating chamber located between the con-` denser and the source of supply of cooling liquid, a passage leading from the vacuum chamber of the condenser to .each air separating chamber, means located in each separating. chamber for withdrawing the air from the vacuum chamber of the condenser and forcing the same into theai-r separating chambers, a connection between the air separating chambers andan air extractor for extracting the air separated from the.

liquid in said air separating chambers and the air withdrawn from the condenser and `discharging the same into the atmosphere. 1?). In. a refrigerating system, the combination with a source of supply of cooling liquid, a condenser, of a. cooling chamber connected thereto, a'n'ejector Afor withdrawing air and water vapor from-the cooling chamber and forcing the same into the Vacu-l um `chamber of the condenser, an air separating chamber located between the source of liquid to be cooled and the inlet for lthe liquid into the cooling chamber, `an lairseparating chamber located between the condenser and the source of supply of cooling liquid, a passage leading from the vacuum chamber ofthe condenser to each air separating chamber, a assage'connect- `ing the air separating cham ers, an air extractor for eXtractlng air separated from the liquid in said separatingchamb'ers and the air withdrawn from the condenser and means actuatedby the liquidk passing into each separating chamber for edecting the -withdrawal of the air from the Vacuum chamber of the condenser and forcingV the same into the air separating chambers.

' 14;. In a refrigerating system, the combi-` nation of a source of supply ofcooling.`

liquid,'a condenser, a cooling chamber `c onnect'ed thereto, an ejector forwithdrawlng the air and water vapor from the cooling chamber and forcing the same into the vacuum chamber of the condenser, an air separating chamber located between the source of liquid to be cooled and the inlet .for the liquid intol the cooling chamber, an air separating chamber' located between the condenser and the sourceof supply of cooling liquid, a passage leading from the vacuum chamber of the condenser to veach air separatingA chamber, avv nozzle located in each chamber for admitting the liquid to said chambers, a concentrically arranged ejector -cone located in each .chamber operating in conjunction with. the liquid admitted to said chambers to withdraw the air admitted into the condenser and force the same into the air separating chambers, a passage' connect- -ingthe air separating chambers and an air extractor connected to one of said chambers for extracting the air separated from the liquid in said separating chambers and the air withdrawn from the condenser.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of September, 1910.

'Mannion LEBLANC.

Witnesses:

P. LEBLANC, DEAN M. MASON. 

